Value of social capital in bridging accidental digital divide among rural residents:A field report on Jinghai county of Tianjin

• 作者: Wang Ming Yan Hui
• 来源期刊: 中国图书馆学报年刊(英文版)
• 学科: 社会科学
• 关键词: Community informatics The digitally POOR ACCIDENTAL digital DIVIDE Social capital Rural RESIDENTS
• 年，卷（期）: 2013,（1）
• 页码范围: 116-129
• 页数: 14页
• 分类号: G203

摘要

The paper reports research findings from a field study on accidental ICT help-seeking behaviors in Huifeng West Village and Tuhe Village of Jinghai County,Tianjin.By employing field observation and in-depth interviews,the relations between local residents’ access to and usage of ICT and their social capital are described:seniors tend to rely on bonding social capital when confronting with difficulties in using mobile devices and computers;the middle-aged always make use of bridging and bonding social capital to shoot ICT troubles and prefer to bridging;children and young adults generally ask for help from friends,or after-sales services in their bridging social capital.